MCAS Cherry Point, NC

Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, NC is one of the largest Marine bases in Eastern North Carolina.

Daytime temperatures were close to 96 F with featured acts from Mike Goulian's Extra 330 SC and US Navy Blue Angels with the conspicuous absence of the most famous C130: Fat Albert. The threat of a T-storm that afternoon did not materialize but there was heavy cloud cover when the Blues started taxiing for take-off.